Container Runtimes Info

People ask me on what are the available container runtimes or mostly this question will come up when they see during installation of docker or Kubernetes commands where you see containerd as one of the option for installation.

Some of the core points to understand about container runtimes are given below for reference.

Though these are just basic links, but will explain more about them in other set of posts. This is a reference to help people track the runtime and containers terminology.

Below link gives clear picture about container terminology and they also discuss about several runtimes available now.

https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2018/02/22/container-terminology-practical-introduction/

One more URL that gives a comprehensive information about runtimes. They have compiled all the runtimes available and depicted in an easy way.

An image captured from their site gives details about the runtimes available till date.

https://www.capitalone.com/tech/cloud/container-runtime/

This talk will help describe the current landscape and give you details on the why and how of each CRI implementation available today. Watch Part 2 here. One more if you get time to check on.

More to follow and details will be updated in this page !!